IPTV set top box reference design with new added features

ChipWrights released its new IPTV set top box reference design. Working toward an all-in-one IPTV solution, ChipWrights expanded the capabilities of its own mini IPTV design to include more IPTV features such as S-Video and HDMI video outputs, USB-OTG, compact Flash memory, and support for SATA hard drives. Other features include composite video output, stereo audio output, Ethernet, IR remote control receiver, and an option for an SD-card, an IDE or CE-ATA hard drive.

The IPTV solutions combine ChipWrights CW5631 SoC and the software platform to create an all-in-one solution. This design supports the features such as digital video recording, support for a wide-array of video and audio formats, a set of on-chip peripherals, and flexibility through software programmability for both the control and video functionality.

The reference design can be used in stand-alone set top box products or for embedding into other video-centric products, such as televisions or media players.

The CW5631 Visual Signal Processor (ViSP) is an embedded System-on-Chip (SoC) development platform designed for multi-purpose devices. The CW5631 offers an alternative to fixed function devices in imaging applications. The chip combines a CWv16 DSP (SIMD processor with sixteen 32-bit parallel processor data-paths), a RISC serial application processor, and an ARM926EJ-S RISC processor for control operations. It also features streaming video input and output ports, analog video outputs, USB 2.0 OTG, I2S audio, Compact Flash, Secure Digital/MMC card, and 10/100 Ethernet interfaces, in addition to other SoC features.

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